Transitions in Partnership and Parental Status, Gender, and Political and Civic Participation

Voorpostel, Marieke; Coffé, Hilde

doi:10.1093/esr/jcq046

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“…Nevertheless, other studies show that women's voluntary involvement is affected by childbearing more than men's, and that the effect on women is more pronounced when children are under school age, while less pronounced when children go to school in the USA (Sundeen 1990;Wilson and Musick 1997;Rotolo 2000) and in Switzerland (Voorpostel and Coffè 2012). Having children at home, especially preschool-aged children, have negative consequences for women's resources (Budig and England 2001;Van der Lippe et al 2011), while positive for men's (Koslowski 2011;Gibb et al 2014).…”

Section: Parenthoodmentioning

confidence: 98%

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Life Course, Gender, and Participation in Voluntary Organizations in Italy

Quaranta

2015

Voluntas

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This article investigates the gender differences in participation in voluntary organizations across the life course in Italy. It shows that three forms of engagement in voluntary organizations-donating money, attending meetings, and doing unpaid work-may depend on some stages of the life course-leaving the parental home, forming a union, and becoming a parent-as it is plausible that they may change personal resources and pose constraints or provide opportunities for involvement. Using the household survey ''ISTAT Multipurpose Survey-Aspects of daily life'', the article finds that while leaving the parental home is positively associated with both men's and women's involvement, forming a union, and being a parent is detrimental for women's involvement and not for men's. This pattern indicates that gender roles may constrain more women's than men's probability of participation in voluntary organizations.Résumé Cet article étudie les différences entre les sexes dans la participation aux organisations bénévoles au cours d'une vie en Italie. Il montre que les trois formes d'engagement dans les organismes bénévoles -dons d'argent, participation aux réunions et travail non rémunéré -peuvent dépendre de certaines étapes au cours de la vie -quitter le domicile parental, former un syndicat et devenir parent -car il est plausible qu'elles modifient les ressources personnelles et posent des contraintes ou offrent des occasions de participation. À l'aide de l'enquête sur les ména-ges « Enquête universelle : aspects de la vie quotidienne » , l'article conclut que si quitter le domicile parental est corrélé de manière positive à la fois à la participation des hommes et à celle des femmes, former un syndicat et être parent est préjudi-ciable à la participation des femmes et non à celle des hommes. Ce modèle indique & Mario Quaranta que le rôle des sexes peut limiter davantage la probabilité des femmes que des hommes de participer aux organisations bénévoles. Zusammenfassung Dieser Beitrag untersucht die Unterschiede zwischen den Geschlechtern in Italien hinsichtlich ihrer Mitwirkung in ehrenamtlichen Organisationen im Laufe ihres Lebens. Es zeigt sich, dass drei Formen des Engagements bei ehrenamtlichen Organisationen -Geldspenden, die Teilnahme an Versammlungen und die Verrichtung unbezahlter Arbeit -von bestimmten Lebensabschnitten abhängig sein können, z. B. der Auszug aus dem Elternhaus, das Eingehen einer Partnerschaft und eine Elternschaft, da sich dadurch verständlicherweise persönli-che Ressourcen ändern können und diese Ereignisse die Möglichkeit sich zu engagieren entweder einschränken oder erhöhen. Unter Bezugnahme auf die Haushaltserhebung ,,ISTAT Mehrzweckbefragung -Aspekte des täglichen Lebens'' kommt man zu folgendem Ergebnis: Während sich der Auszug aus dem Elternhaus positv auf das Engagement von sowohl Männern als auch Frauen auswirkt, haben das Eingehen einer Partnerschaft und die Elternschaft einen nachteiligen Effekt für das Engagement von Frauen, nicht jedoch für das Engagement von Männern. Dieses Verhaltens...

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Section: Parenthoodmentioning

confidence: 98%

“…It has been shown that partnered women are more likely to engage in voluntary organizations in Switzerland (Voorpostel and Coffè 2012). Instead, it is found that marriage has a positive effect on joining and a negative effect on leaving voluntary organizations for men, while it has no effect for women in the US (Rotolo 2000).…”

Section: Partnershipmentioning

confidence: 98%

Life Course, Gender, and Participation in Voluntary Organizations in Italy

Quaranta

2015

Voluntas

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“…Social contacts are measured for four role relationships (relatives, friends, neighbors, and acquaintances) and a distinction is made between the size of networks, the frequency of contact, and the support received from others. Our paper does not include aspects of community involvement, such as participating in voluntary organizations, political participation, doing paid work, and attending church, as other recent papers have done (Cornwell et al, 2008;Donnelly & Hinterlong, 2010;Voorpostel & Coffé , 2012). Note, however, that in so far as such forms of involvement lead to weak ties, they are likely to be included in the measure of acquaintances used here.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Longitudinal analyses of the effects of age, marriage, and parenthood on social contacts and support

Kalmijn

2012

Advances in Life Course Research

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“…Further research should explore whether they are generalizable elsewhere. The limited evidence, however, points to quite universal patterns, at least in Western countries Voorpostel and Coffé, 2012;Dotti Sani and Quaranta, 2013). Fourth, we have studied the effect of actual parental participation on the child's intented political participation.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Intergenerational transmission of political participation intention

Quintelier

2014

Acta Polit

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Political participation is a prerequisite for democracy. Therefore, political sociologists have advised to socialize people by encouraging political participation from a young age onward. Parents are one of the most important political socialization agents, especially at a young age. Although the intergenerational transmission of political attitudes has been studied quite intensively, the transmission of the political participation intention has been neglected. This study explores the effect of both mothers' and fathers' political activity on their offspring's intention to participate. Using a data set from 2085 Belgian parent-child triads, we tested the direct and indirect transmission of political participation intention. We found that although there is a direct transmission of political participation intention, after controlling for political discussion, political interest and socio-economic status, this effect is completely mediated. Therefore, we conclude that intergenerational transmission is an indirect process, supported by a high socio-economic status, more political interest and a more politicized family environment in which politics is clearly perceived as salient.

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Transitions in Partnership and Parental Status, Gender, and Political and Civic Participation

Cited by 61 publications

References 37 publications

Life Course, Gender, and Participation in Voluntary Organizations in Italy

Life Course, Gender, and Participation in Voluntary Organizations in Italy

Longitudinal analyses of the effects of age, marriage, and parenthood on social contacts and support

Intergenerational transmission of political participation intention

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